Sadeq Amin Abu Rass

Sadeq Amin Abu Rass (Arabic: صادق أمين أبو راس; born 1952) is the Chairperson of the Sanaa-based General People’s Congress. Sadeq Rass was named the GPC’s Leader on January 7, 2018, following previous leader Ali Abdullah Saleh’s death on December 4, 2017, during the Battle of Sanaa. Sadeq Rass had served as an agriculture minister^[4] and local administration minister before his appointment,^[5] as Governor of Taiz Governorate, and in the Republic of Yemen Armed Forces.

Sadeq Amin Abu Rass
صادق أمين أبو راس
Deputy Chairman of the Supreme Political Council of Yemen
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 August 2022
President	Mahdi al-Mashat
Preceded by	Qassem Labozah
Chairman of the General People’s Congress
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 January 2018 Disputed with Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi and Ahmed Saleh[1][2]
Preceded by	Ali Abdullah Saleh
Member of the Supreme Political Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 15 August 2016
President	Saleh Ali al-Sammad
Personal details
Born	1952 (age 72–73) Bart Al Anan District, Al Jawf Governorate, North Yemen[3]
Political party	General People’s Congress (Pro-Houthi faction)
Relations	Faisal Amin Abu Rass (brother)

He was wounded in the June 2011 assassination attempt on President Ali Abdullah Saleh and was taken to Saudi Arabia for treatment during the Yemeni revolution.^[3] Several leaders of the GPC later rejected his appointment.^[6] His brother is Faisal Amin Abu Rass.